Breast pad structure



Aug. 3, 1954 H. CLOVER BREAST PAD STRUCTURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 15 1951 k WWW mw m0 w W/ 4 W H. CLOVER BREAST PAD STRUCTURE Aug. 3, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fild March 15, 1951 IN V EN TOR. flaw/774 a 01 0? Patented Aug. 3, 1954 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a process of manufacturing brassieres and in particular of padded brassires.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide means conducive to the construction of padded cups for brassieres, which cups may be applied to a person's bust to build up and shape the same or may be used in connection with a normal bust which is sensitive to applied pressure so that the padded cup forms a protector therefor.

It is another object of this invention to provide means facilitating the construction of a padded cup which substantially maintains its form and size and does not necessitate any adjusting even after laundering, and which can be easily changed or complemented to conform the cups to standard sizes thereof for fixation in brassieres.

It is still another object of this invention to provide means ensuring the manufacture of a very simple, inexpensive and efficient padded cup structure for brassieres of the strapless type as well as for brassieres with straps, said cup structure being further capable of being built into bathing suits and when made of nylon or similar material will always maintain its shape and expanded condition upon drying and without necessitating removal of the cup structure from the suit or like garment.

It is a further object of this invention to provide means affording the manufacture of padded brassiere cups which employ one and the same base for readily bringing about either compressed or more loosely padded cup structures.

Yet a further object of the invention is to provide means conducive to an improved brassiere cup structure, which may be worn and used either inside out or vice versa with its light gauze wall or with its fabric wall as the outer cup covering, whereby the pad forming elements, since they are disposed intermediate said walls, may be perceived from the outside of the covering when the latter is formed by the gauze wall.

These and other objects are attained according to this invention, a more particular description of which will hereinafter appear and the particular features thereof be set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a brassiere rear wall showing pad-forming elements mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevational View of a padded brassire with the front wall thereof partly omitted to expose the pad-forming elements.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View taken alon line 3--3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows an enlarged fragmentary front elevational view of two successive rows of padforming elements, sowewhat enlarged.

Fig. 5 shows the pad-forming elements of Fig. 4 as arranged in spiral-shaped formation on the rear wall of the brassiere.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view similar to that of Fig. 4 with differently shaped pad-forming elements.

Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view through a cup 2 of the brassiere of Fig. 1, said cup being turned inside out.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings there is shownin Fig. l a base 10 forming the rear wall of a brassiere 30 seen in Fig. 2. Base or rear wall In is madefrom relatively fine mesh fabric material such as nylon and is provided with a dart l I and a cut-out 12, the latter being defined by edges l3 and 14 which extend from the outer edges 55 and [6 toward the center of wall H).

In the center of rear wall l9 and at the front face thereof thereis arranged a rosette-shaped element I! having the ruffle portions Ila, lib, llc, etc., for a purpose later referred to. Suecessively and extending from edge E3 to edge 14 may be arranged further substantially concentric rows of ruilles with element I! as the apex of the complete rosette, as indicated in dot and dash lines l8, l9 and 20. The last row 2| is shown to be formed by the outermost and longest row of ruffles 22 of greatestwidth.

When such rows of ruiiles ll, l8, I9, 28 and 2| are arranged in predetermined increasing distance from each other from apex element l! to outermost element 2| and the edges i3 and M are joined or sewn together, a rear wall It is obtained on whose front face the aforesaid rows of ruflles are fixedly attached.

The front wall 25 of the brassire 30 loosely overlies these rows of ruflles and since this front wall 25, is stitched along seams 23, 24 to the binding peripheral edge or 26 of rear wall it, a padded brassiere is obtained which has the bandeau 21 and. maybe equipped with straps 28, as it is well known in the art.

Since the front wall 25 may be made of wide mesh nylon, and the ruflies heretofore referred to from fine colored nylon material, the latter will show through the front wall 25 and leads to a very attractive and pleasing appearance.

Fig. 3 shows an enlarged cross section taken along line 33 of Fig. 2 with the exception that instead of five rows of ruflles, six rows of ruflles 3| to 36, inclusive, are attached within the confines determined by the center ruffle and the outermost row of rufiles. The rear wall ID, as can be seen in Fig. 3, when in assembled condition forms a concavely-shaped cup 29 of the bras siere 30.

It will be further readily recognized that the rows of rufiles instead of being individually sewn to the front face a of th rear wall, may be arranged in spiral-shaped formation thereon, such as illustrated in Fig. 5, where one single row of ruffles 40 is employed to follow the configuration of a spiral 31, the rear wall I!) having been omitted in Fig. 5.

Fig. 4 shows an enlarged fragmentary front elevational view of rear wall 10 with two outer most ruflle rows 35 and 36 and their disposition and relationship, whereby rufile portion 35a overlaps ruffle portion 35a and rufile portion 35b overlaps rufile portion 36b. Thus, an expandable and readily deformabl rosette body of ruflles is obtained, the projecting portions of the rows of ruflles being not in register with each other and rather arranged in substantially staggered relation to each other.

Fig. 6 shows a portion of rear wall 10 with two rows of pleated or scallop-shaped elements 38 and 39, the individual elements 38a, 38b of one row being positioned between two successive elements 39a, 39b of another row. Pleated element 38b of row 38 is also shown to overlap two adjacent pleated elements 39a, 39b of row 39 of such pleated elements.

In all these examples care has been taken to bring about a built-up ruffle-shaped rosette body 5 (Fig. 3) which conforms to the shape of a bust or is adapted to simulate the latter. If the material is made from nylon, rubberized fabric material or the like, the shape of the body 45 will always be maintained even after laundering or occasional deformation during wear.

As hereinabove indicated, the rear wall H) which is cut on the bias (dart l I and cut out 12) may be manufactured from a fine mesh fabric. In practice, it has been found that fine batiste, cotton, nylon satin and tafi'eta are suitable materials for such wall structure. is preferably made from a wide mesh nylon or similar gauze material. Since the ruffles are preferably stitched to the rear wall, the latter may be readily changed to a front wall by turning the cups inside out in accordance with the desired brassire cup covering so that the hrassiere may me worn also with dresses made from a material having a certain transparency.

Fig. 7 shows partly in section and partly in perspective, rear wall In of brassiere (Fig. 2) turned insid out so that front wall 25 forms the innermost layer of the cup 46, while the ruffled body is sandwiched between said walls but stitched in a circular manner to the nylon satin wall In which presents the outer covering of the cup M3. Th circular stitches 3! to 36 in such position on the cup, form also an ornamentation on the outer face of said covering.

It can thus be seen that there has been pro- The front wall vided, according to the invention, a brassiere having bust cups, each cup comprising two walls, an inner wall and an outer wall, respectively, attached to each other at the peripheral edges thereof, and a plurality of rows of circularshaped strip means forming a rosette having an apex in the center thereof, each circular strip being fixed with one end to the inner face of said inner wall and freely projecting with the other end from th location of fixation toward the inner face of said outer wall, said other end presenting rosette rufiles directed toward the inner face of said outer wall, the freely projecting rosette rufiles of said plurality of rows of circularshaped strip means overlapping each other, respectively, and being disposed in staggered relation to each other, the spacings of fixation between adjacent rows of said strip means and the width of said strip means increasing from the apex of said rosette toward the peripheral edges of said inner and outer walls.

Although the invention has been described with reference to certain specific embodiments thereof, it is to be distinctly understood that various modifications and adaptations of the arrangements herein disclosed may be made as may readily occur to persons skilled in the art without constituting a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the objects and in the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

In a brassiere having bust cups, each cup comprising two walls, an inner wall and an outer wall, respectively, attached to each other at the peripheral edges thereof, and a plurality of rows of circular-shaped strip means forming a rosette having an apex in the center thereof, each circular strip being fixed with one end to the inner face of said inner wall and freely projecting with the other end from the location of fixation toward the inner face of said outer wall, said other end presenting rosette ruffles directed toward the inner face of said outer wall, the freely projecting rosette ruffles of said plurality of rows of circular-shaped strip means overlapping each other, respectively, and being disposed in staggered relation to each other, the spacings of fixation between adjacent rows of said strip means and the width of said strip means increasing from the apex of said rosette toward the peripheral edges of said inner and outer walls,

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 842,715 Scott Jan. 29, 1907 1,600,410 Hartman Sept. 1, 1926 2,516,129 Leo et al. July 25, 1950 2,535,864 Plehn Dec. 26-, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 438,940 France Mar. 27, 1912' 908,429 France Sept. 1'7, 1945 921,528 France Oct. 2'7, 1927 

